Characteristics
Monocots
Elodea canadensis Michx.
CANADIAN WATERWEED
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Native
OBL (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
ELODEA CANADENSIS Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 20. 1803.
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CANADA: Quebec: Environs de Montreal, s.d., Michaux s.n. (holotype: P; isotypes: P).
Species Distribution Map
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Synonyms
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Anacharis alsinastrum
Anacharis alsinastrum Babington, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2. 1: 83. 1848.
TYPE: ENGLAND: Leicestershire: Market Harborough, in ponds connected with the canal at Foxton Locks, Sep 1847, Kirby s.n. (holotype: CGE).
Anacharis canadensis
Anacharis canadensis (Michaux) Planchon, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2. 1: 86. 1848.
BASIONYM: Elodea canadensis Michaux 1803.
Anacharis canadensis var. latifolia
Anacharis canadensis (Michaux) Planchon, var. latifolia (Caspary) Sanio, Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 32: 121. 1890.
BASIONYM: Elodea latifolia Caspary 1857.
Anacharis canadensis var. planchonii
Anacharis canadensis (Michaux) Planchon, var. planchonii (Caspary) Victorin, Contr. Lab. Bot. Univ. Montreal 18: 40. 1931.
BASIONYM: Elodea planchonii Caspary 1857.
Anacharis linearis
Anacharis linearis (Rydberg) Victorin, Contr. Lab. Bot. Univ. Montreal 18: 41. 1931.
BASIONYM: Philotria linearis Rydberg 1908.
Anacharis planchonii
Anacharis planchonii (Caspary) Rydberg, Fl. Plains N. Amer. 57. 1932.
BASIONYM: Elodea planchonii Caspary 1857.
Elodea brandegeae
Elodea brandegeae H. Saint John, Res. Stud. State Coll. Wash. 30(2): 25. 1962.
TYPE: CALIFORNIA: Nevada Co.: Truckee, pools above lumber mills, Jul 1908, Brandegee s.n. (holotype: UC).
Elodea canadensis var. latifolia
Elodea canadensis Michaux, var. latifolia (Caspary) Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 1: 403. 1897.
BASIONYM: Elodea latifolia Caspary 1857.
Elodea canadensis var. planchonii
Elodea canadensis Michaux, var. planchonii (Caspary) Farwell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 203. 1927.
BASIONYM: Elodea planchonii Caspary 1857.
Elodea ioensis
Elodea ioensis Wylie, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. Iowa State Univ. 6(4): 48. 1913, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Philotria iowensis Wylie 1911.
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